In this Account, we review advances in supported catalyst synthesis and characterization developed in our laboratories at Northwestern University
2011
Key concepts
Scholarcy highlights
- Metal or oxide catalytic centers constructed on an underlying solid phase, are making an increasingly important contribution to heterogeneous catalysis
- In industry, supported catalysts are employed in selective oxidation, selective reduction, and polymerization reactions
- Structural and mechanistic characterization of these catalysts presents a formidable challenge because traditional preparations typically afford complex mixtures of structures whose individual components cannot be isolated
- The characterization of supported catalysts requires a combination of advanced spectroscopies for their characterization, unlike homogeneous catalysts, which have relatively uniform structures and can often be characterized using standard methods
- In this Account, we review advances in supported catalyst synthesis and characterization developed in our laboratories at Northwestern University
- We anticipate that advances in catalyst design and synthesis will lead to a better understanding of catalyst structure and function and, to advances in existing catalytic processes and the development of new technologies
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